Bureau



(No Model.)

C. E. FRENCH.

BUREAU. No. 394,847. Patented Deo. 18, 1888.

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CHARLES H. FRENCH, OF NASHUA, NEIV HAMPSHIRE.

BUREAU.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,847, dated December 18, 1888.

Application filed May Il, 1888, Serial No. 272,778. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be itknown that I, CHARLES H. FRENCH, of Nashua, in the county of Hillsborough and State of New I'Iainps'hire, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Bureaus, of which the followingis a specification.

This inveation has for its object to provide a bureau with a folding table which is capable of being extended to form a substantial table at one end of t-he bureau and of being folded, so that the bureau with the table will not eX- eeed the usual dimensions of a bureau as ordinarily made.

rlhe invention also has for its object to provide a combined bureau and wash-stand or commode with or without a 'folding table.

To these ends my invention consists in the improved construction, which I will now proceed to describe and claim,

Of the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l represents a perspective view of a combined bureau, table, and commode, the table being extended and in condition for use. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal section of the bureau and table, the latter being in the position shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 represents a similar section showing the table folded. Fig. t represents a section on line .zr Fig. 3.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

In the drawings, A represents a bureau havingl the usual drawers, u. 'llo one of the ends ol' the bureau is connected by a hinge or hinges a ta ble, U, which is enabled by its hinge-connection to be placed horizontally to serve a table, as shown in Figs. l and 2, or to hang vertically out of the way, as shown in Fig.

The end of the bureau to which the table is hinged ismade vwith a projecting shoulder, c, below which said end is recessed, so that when the table is not in use its outer side will be tlnsh with the end of the bureau above it, as shown. The table is made of such thickness that when it is folded a space will be left between its inner side and the bureau end to receive the support S, whereby the table may be keptin a horizontal position, and the front edge of the table is provided with a lip or flange, d, which, when the table is folded, eX- tends across said space and conceals the support, as shown in Fig. 4.

The support may be of any suitable construction. I have here shown it as a frame comprising two legs or uprights, 2 2, and top and bottom cross-bars, 3 4. A horizontal guidebar, 5, is attached to the lower cross-bar, and is adapted to slide in a slot, 6, formed forv it inthe end of the bureau below the lowest drawer. The bar 5 and slot 6 keep the supporting-frame in a vertical position and permit it to be moved toward and from the end of the bureau. Then the table is extended or swung to a horizontal position for use, the supporting-frame is drawn outwardly to position to support the outer end of the table. When it is desired to told the table, the support is pushed in vagainst the end of the bureau, and the table, being unsupported, swings to a vertical position, covering the support.

I prefer to make the table of such length that when it is dropped or folded its lower end will be just above the cross-bar 4, the latter being made thicker than the table and suitably molded or ornamented, so as to constitute an ornamental baseer finish below the table, as shown in Fig.

I do not limit myself to the specific construction ot' the table support herein described, but may variously modify the same, and, in fact, may use any kind of support which, when the table is folded, will lie snugly between the table. and the end of the bureau and be covered by the iange d of the table.

It will be seen that the folding-table attachment enables the bureau to serve both as a bureau and as a table without occupying more space when the table is folded than an ordidary bureau; hence this improvement is particularly advantageous in the smaller rooms of hotels and boarding-houses.

.l represents a commodebuilt onto the end of the bureau opposite the end having' the table, said commode comprising a top, b, to

support a wash-bowl and other toilet articles, and a closet, L', below said top. The top of the 'commode is made lower than the top of the bureau, to reduce the liability of water being spattered from the commode to the bu- IOO remi-top. As sin additional safeguard, a Inuinition, g, provided ou the end olf the hnreaniop next to the Commode.l

,By thus Combining three :rrtieles--'\iz., .fr bureau, mille, :1nd commode-in one l Very nmiorizrlly economize s1mee,ns will he readily seen.

I claiml. The cmnhinntion of @bureau having1 one ol' ils ends recessed, a inhle hi nged io ille Upper end ol the recess with its onler side l'lnsh with the end ol' the bureau above said recess and provided with n lip or flange, d, :it ii's forward edge,m1d :L movable support for the table adapted lo lie between the table und bureau endA when the mhle is 4l`olded,1he flange of 'he izlihle verering' The snpportl-containing' space heiween the inhle :ind bureau end, as set f forth.

2. The efnnhiimiion ol' i hnrezin havingl il reeessed end, :L i'zihlo hinged ainiwhe upper end ollahe rec-.ess with ilsoniferside l'lnsh with the end of the hui-eau above the recess, and the vertical supporting1lrzinie hzwing the horizoni-nl guide-hm' adapted lo slide horizoni'nlly in er guido in the bureau, :ill arranged mld operni'ing' sul sizrniizilly as sei; forth.

In Testimony \\'hereo'li` lhz'lve signed my nmne to th is speeilienilion, in The presence ol'iiwe suh- Serihing' wiinesses, ihis 2d day of.' Milly, A. l). 18H8.

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